Jag hittar öppettiderna på hemsidan.

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Breakdown of Jag hittar öppettiderna på hemsidan.

• på: on
• hitta: to find
• öppettiden: the opening time

Questions & Answers about Jag hittar öppettiderna på hemsidan.

Why is it jag hittar and not jag hittade?

Hittar is the present tense of hitta: I find / I am finding / I can find depending on context.

So Jag hittar öppettiderna på hemsidan means something like I find the opening hours on the website or I can find the opening hours on the website.

Hittade is the past tense: I found.

• Jag hittar öppettiderna på hemsidan. = I find / can find the opening hours on the website.
• Jag hittade öppettiderna på hemsidan. = I found the opening hours on the website.

Does hittar mean find or can find here?

It can suggest either, depending on context.

In Swedish, the simple present often covers meanings that English might express in different ways:

• I find
• I am finding
• I can find

So Jag hittar öppettiderna på hemsidan can naturally mean I find the opening hours on the website or I can find the opening hours on the website.

If you wanted to be more explicit about can, Swedish could also say:

• Jag kan hitta öppettiderna på hemsidan.

But in everyday Swedish, jag hittar often already implies successful finding.